On Friday we branded our first set of calves. Those that were responsible for the pink ear tags that littered er, um, brightened my kitchen ...
Memorial Day Rodeo
Because the window for high school rodeo season is short, here in South Dakota, we have a couple rodeos on Memorial Day Weekend. Kelsey only opted to ...
Branding Season
I told y'all I've been busy. In fact, today I am only blogging in the middle of the day because it rained last night. Otherwise, I'd probably be ...
First Barrel Race of the Summer
While I'm aware that it's not actually summer, the summer barrel racing series that we attend over in Dupree, SD is in full swing. Our first race was ...
Witnessing a Miracle
There are people who have raised horses their whole lives who have never seen a foal born. Mares are typically quite private about it. And births ...
Our Ranch
Some of y'all asked the other day to see photos of the stud horse whose babies were pictured here. So being the obliging person I am, here you ...
Babies!
It was an absolutely gorgeous evening on Wednesday when we went to check on our mare herd. The mares have split into two bunches. We knew ...
Fat ‘n’ Happy Mamas
When Zach kindly took me out of my winter-weather induced cabin fever the other day, I half-way hoped there'd be some colts on the ground when we got ...
Sorting Two Year Olds
One of the many jobs to do here on the ranch is sort horses. Typically we like to sort our horses as yearlings- the boys from the girls- and then we ...
A Pretty Spring Day
Friday here was one of those picture perfect days. And frankly with this wind advisory and gusts that are making the house creak as I type, I'd love ...
